Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Wilson-Conococheague
24% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Wilson-Conococheague, 0.1 per square mile of land. 12 acres are parks and preserves, 7.4 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Wilson-Conococheague?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Wilson-Conococheague have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wilson-Conococheague is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Wilson-Conococheague’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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14 conserved acres
under 1% of Wilson-Conococheague’s land. Who manages Wilson-Conococheague’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Ruritan Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 10 | Open |
| Washington Co. Commissioners Wilson Bridge Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 2 | Unknown |
1 places to go in Wilson-Conococheague
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Wilson-Conococheague: April, June and August
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.7 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 44 | 53 | 66 | 75 | 83 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 67 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
February is the driest month (2.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.0 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Wilson-Conococheague →
Questions about parks and trails in Wilson-Conococheague
How much of Wilson-Conococheague is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 9% for a Maryland town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Wilson-Conococheague?
2,060 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wilson-Conococheague or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 12 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Wilson-Conococheague have?
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Wilson-Conococheague neighbors.
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →